Dooks and Licks All! I'm sorry to say I haven't gotten many responses in my search for a vet, not that I blame anyone here, it just seems like there aren't many people on the list in the area. I did get a recommendation for a vet in Washington but that's about a 100 mile round trip. If nothing closer comes along I guess I'll be going there, I still need to speak with the vets in the area I'm moving to, its not a very internet friendly place....*yet*. <VWEG> A thought to someone with some extra time....how about starting a listing of ferret vets and specialists...I've looked everywhere and come up with nothing. I also wanted to add a quick clarification, maybe I wasn't clear in my first post. We aren't considering getting Dhugal descented because of smell problems. Dhugal has lived in our home for over two years and has poofed at least weekly if not daily multiple times. We are ferret folks...the smell is just something we live with. The reason we are considering descenting him is to keep peace with the folks and even at that we still aren't going to do it just because we are moving, they will have to complain. I have read some very convincing arguements for both sides, but the fact of the matter is, I don't want to put him through surgery unless I have to. What I did want is to find a vet that could do it before hand so if it needed to be done it could be done right away. Again, this is all in the interests of keeping peace with the family. So to everyone who is sending me email urging me not to waste the money or not to mutilate my ferret, thank you very much for your concern, but that isn't what my post was about. On the other hand, if you have had experience with descenting an older ferret (again, he is approx 3 years old) I would like to hear your tale. I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to respond. It seems I just missed a thread on this subject so I'm waiting for the archives to be posted so I can check it out. Carrie & Dhugy (who has no idea that snow is coming....can't wait to see him play in it!) [Posted in FML issue 3237]